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Nonfeasance

nonfeasance n

[non-
+ obsolete English feasance
doing, execution, from Anglo-French fesance
, from Old French faisance
act, from fais-
, stem of faire
to do, from Latin facere
]:
the failure or omission to do something that should be done or esp. something that one is under a duty or obligation to do compare malfeasance
, misfeasance